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Top 10 stories of the day: Mandela ‘grandchild’ among arrested | Matric results to be published | NCC investigating FlySafair
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News today includes police have arrested five suspects including an alleged grandchild of Nelson Mandela at the late former president’s Houghton home.
Meanwhile, a green light has been given for the 2024 matric results to be published in the media next week after the Information Regulator (IR) lost its case.
Furthermore, the National Consumer Commission is now investigating FlySafair for overbooking its flights after a consumer complained on Sunday that there was no place for him on the flight, he booked due to overbooking.
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WATCH: Nelson Mandela ‘grandchild’ among five arrested, hijacked car recovered
Police have arrested five suspects including an alleged grandchild of Nelson Mandela at the late former president’s Houghton home.
Officers from the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit received information from a vehicle tracking company about the location of a white Toyota Corolla at the premises on Wednesday.
JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla said the car was hijacked earlier along Louis Botha Avenue in Oaklands.
CONTINUE READING: WATCH: Nelson Mandela ‘grandchild’ among five arrested, hijacked car recovered
Jacob Zuma demands to be reinstated as an ANC member
Former President Jacob Zuma has demanded the reinstatement of his African National Congress (ANC) membership.
Zuma’s lawyers have written to ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday, saying his expulsion as a member of the party was “unlawful”.
It comes as the ANC celebrates its 113th birthday on Wednesday.
In a letter dated 8 January, the lawyers said Zuma will pursue legal action if the ANC fails to address his concerns and reinstate him by 31 January 2025.
CONTINUE READING: Jacob Zuma demands to be reinstated as an ANC member
Information Regulator loses interdict bid, matric results to be published
A green light has been given for the 2024 matric results to be published in the media next week after the Information Regulator (IR) lost its case.
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday dismissed the regulator’s interdict application for a lack of urgency.
The IR wanted to block the release of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination results in newspapers, citing concerns about a violation of students’ right to privacy.
CONTINUE READING: Information Regulator loses interdict bid, matric results to be published
KZN teen mother arrested over her one-year-old’s death
Police have arrested a 17-year-old mother after the death of her one-year-old child.
Speaking to The Citizen on Wednesday, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said the child was shot and killed at a residence in Umlazi on Monday.
“At the time, the mother told police that she was outside the house in the yard when she heard the sound of a gunshot going off from inside the house, where her son was alone.”
CONTINUE READING: KZN teen mother arrested over her one-year-old’s death
National Consumer Commission investigating FlySafair for overbooking
The National Consumer Commission is now investigating FlySafair for overbooking its flights after a consumer complained on Sunday that there was no place for him on the flight, he booked due to overbooking.
Thato Miles Nsala wrote on X, “So we show up at the airport, and @FlySafair says we don’t have seats for the same flight we paid for. If you have 200 seats, why take payments for 300 passengers?”
FlySafair answered him, saying that it would like to extend its sincerest apologies for the inconvenience and unpleasant experience.
“Whilst we understand the importance of passengers reaching their destination on time and on the flight that they have paid for, we do overbook flights to ensure we keep our tickets as affordable as possible for our passengers.”
CONTINUE READING: National Consumer Commission investigating FlySafair for overbooking
Here are five more stories of the day:
- 28-year-old Limpopo man accused of impregnating 13-year-old abandons bail
- WATCH: Mbalula calls Zuma ‘mischievous and ridiculous old man’ after he sent letter to ANC
- ‘Even if it’s Chinese, he’s in SA’ – China Town raid finds expired food, employee hiding in toilet
- ‘You see Tyla, Winnie Khumalo was that for us growing up’ – DJ Cleo reflects on singer’s passing [VIDEO]
- Steenhuisen does not use the blue lights, says Zille
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